Ethnic minorities in china

(CPV) - Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), one of the poorest and most remote regions in northwestern People's Republic of China (PRC), will use a USD200 million loan from ADB to improve water availability through wastewater reuse and better water resources management.
"The project will show how improvements in water management can facilitate sustainable urban development even in cities with an adjacent desert location, and an arid and unfavorable climate," said Diwesh Sharan, Director at ADB's East Asia Department.
Water is a critical concern for Kelamayi and Kuitun, two medium-sized cities in XUAR that receive as little as 100 millimeters of rain each year, with sub-zero temperatures from November to March. XUAR is predominantly a desert territory characterized by strong winds, low rainfall, and a high evaporation rate.
The project will directly benefit about 340,000 mostly ethnic minority residents in XUAR, where about 8%-10% of the population is poor. Project construction … [Read more...] about Arid cities in China to improve water management

The 5th cultural festival of ethnic minorities in Viet Nam's northeast will take place in Ha Giang Province on August 20-22. The festival will be attended by more than 2,000 performers and artists from 10 provinces - Ha Giang, Tuyen Quang, Thai Nguyen, Bac Kan, Cao Bang, Lang Son, Quang Ninh, Bac Giang, Phu Tho and Vinh Phuc - as well as foreign artists.
The opening ceremony with a parade themed "Culture is Society's Spiritual Foundation", and concerts and performances named "Ha Giang in her Friend's Arms" will be held at the C10 Stadium in Ha Giang town on the evening of August 20 and broadcast live on Channel VTV1 and the Voice of Viet Nam (VOV).
For the three days of the event, there will be a display of ethnic costume, a folk fair, local food and drink, and various interesting activities.
Located at the top of Viet Nam, mountainous Ha Giang is bordered by Cao Bang, Tuyen Quang, Lao Cai and Yen Bai and shares a border with China.
Many ethnic minorities, including the Dao, … [Read more...] about 5th Cultural Festival of Ethnic Minorities in Viet Nam’s Northeast

A Chinese soldier who contributed to the victory of the Vietnamese people in the resistance war against America is now living in a Vietnamese community in Van My commune (a village at Giang Binh district Dong Hung city, Guangxi province, China). The villagers regard him as the scholar of the commune. He is Mr. To Duy Phuong, a knowledgeable person with a good command of Vietnamese, Chinese and Nom (an ancient Vietnamese language; its script is based on Chinese scripts). He even teaches Vietnamese to many Chinese and Vietnamese residents in China.
The scholar of the commune
Mr Phuong took us to his house near a quite bustling market of the Vietnamese community on the beach of Van My. He used to live in Phong Thanh city, but after his retirement he moved to Van My to be close to the Viet expatriates.
Mr. Phuong is proud to have been among the Chinese who joined the Vietnamese Army to fight against Americans from 1965 to 1969. At that time, he was an army engineer who came to help … [Read more...] about Vietnamese history preserved in China

Ethnic minority villages blend life, art (18-03-2009) HA NOI — A slice of life in ethnic minority villages has come to the big screen as part of a programme of short films run at the Ha Noi Cinematheque which wraps up today. The seven community-based videos showcase the lives of Chinese and Vietnamese ethnic minority communities, who directly took part in the filmmaking. Indigenous people from Viet Nam and China's Yunnan, in partnership with researchers and ethno-videographers, produced documentary videos that reflect their unique cultural perspectives and explore a new community-centred approach to filmmaking. The three year project, aimed to encourage dialogue and cultural understanding across borders, was shot by five Chinese communities, including Tibetan, Qing Miao, Dahua Miao, Mosuo, Hani, and the Thai and Dao ethnic groups in Viet Nam. We, the Thai People (35 minutes), told by members of the Thai community living in Ha Noi, explores issues of migration. After Viet Nam's … [Read more...] about Ethnic minority villages blend life, art

BEIJING, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- Chinese singer Zhu Zheqin was named goodwill ambassador here on Thursday by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) to enhance the protection of China's ethnic minority cultures. A two-year-long protection plan called "Show the World: Culture-based Development Goodwill Action for Ethnic Minorities in China" was also initiated by UNDP. Zhu Zheqin, also Dadawa, a Han nationality born in south China's Guangdong province, was named ambassador. The plan consists of two components, including "preservation and revival of the ethnic music" and "preservation and development of he ethnic handicrafts." Zhu, who was famous for her music with minor ethnic elements, said she had traveled to many places and lived with minorities in the past ten years. "The arts of them touched me and influenced mea lot," said Dadawa, who earned her reputation in 1990s by a song named Sister Drum. The UNDP initiative, covering Sichuan, Yunnan, Qinghai provinces, Tibet and Inner … [Read more...] about UNDP names goodwill ambassador, launches ethnic minority culture protection initiative in China